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May 22, 2012

Ryuya Kato wins Rd8 of Tresrey Challenge

Round 8 of the Tresrey Off-Road Race 2WD Challenge was held last Sunday at the TRS circuit in Matsusaka-city, Japan and it attracted 60 racers. Ryuya Kato (TRF201) took the overall TQ by points for the best two rounds out of four rounds, Kenji Tsuruta took 2nd with his DEX210 and Noriyuki Kawashima took 3rd with his B4. Kato (TRF201) won the race, with Kawashima (B4) 2nd and Shinichi Kurotani (B4.1) 3rd. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX210 kit, Axial EXO kit, Speed Passion ESCs, and Viper RC ESCs.

Source: Tresrey [tresrey.com]

May 21, 2012

Victory for Hupo Honigl at Austrian Nats Rd1

Hupo Honigl reports from the first round of the Austrian Nationals last weekend in Steyregg, which is a very unique track with a lot fast corners and really low traction. The weather was beautiful and the club did a good job with preparing the track. In 2wd qualifying local hero Hans-Jürgen Tormann, a former European A-Finalist was quickest and got TQ in front of me. In the Final we had a very good battle and I won in the first 2 finals for the overall win with the DEX210. In 4wd my DEX410v3 was very good again during the whole race and I took TQ and won the event.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

May 21, 2012

Yannick Aigoin wins French EFRA GP

The EFRA GP of Reims took place last weekend at the northern French town and attracted a rather low 66 drivers. With the weather cooperating and sunshine all weekend it was Associated driver Yannick Aigoin that took the pole position ahead of Xray driver Renaud Savoya in 2nd and Agama racer Jerome Sartel in 3rd. The first non French driver was Spaniard Borja Hernandez with the LRP car in 4th. In the semis it was business as usual for the two former European Champions with Aigoin and Savoya winning their respective finals but it was Yannick who would start from pole in the hour long A-main. As the race started Aigoin would cement his dominance on the event by taking the lead and proceeding to pull out an advantage. German Mugen driver Daniel Reckward moved passed Savoya around the 10 minute mark and would maintain in 2nd position for the remainder of the race. Near the half way point Savoya hit trouble and would drop to the back of the pack. This moved Borja Hernandez to 3rd and he would hold on to the final podium position until the final minutes of the race when Sartel would come through to take the spot and complete the podium behind Reckward in 2nd and winner Yannick Aigoin.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

May 20, 2012

Scotty Jones joins Venom Australia

Venom Australia have signed experienced off road driver, Scotty Jones, to drive for them in the 2012-2013 seasons. Scott has a lot of experience in off road racing, having competed solidly at highest levels in both 1/10th and 1/8th categories over the last 10 years. He is always ready to lend a helping hand with set up advice and to help out his fellow racer and this kind of great attitude and professional driving standard make Scotty the perfect driver for their new team. Scott had the following to say about his new deal:

I’m really looking forward to representing Venom Group Australia. I will enjoy being able to use their great range of products, as well as the new Kyosho TKI3 Buggy and STRR Evo Truggy. I can’t wait to see the results we can achieve together in the upcoming season. Massive thanks to Venom Australia for all the support and I look forward to hitting the tracks soon!

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]

May 17, 2012

Tomi Salonen wins Rd1 of Finnish Nationals

Round one of the Finnish Offroad Nationals was held in Turku under tricky conditions. In the morning they had some rain and heavy wind and in the afternoon weather cleared up, but the wind got stronger which made driving over the jumps very challenging. After 3 rounds of Qualifying Tomi Salonen was 1st, followed by August Poutiainen and Ari Heinonen. Following the semi-finals the top six was Salonen followed by Poutiainen, Heinonen, Leino, Ahoniemi and Siltanen. In the A-final we saw a tight battle between Salonen and Poutiainen, the pair managing to pull away from the rest of the field. After 13 minutes Poutiainen was leading by several seconds until he had a crash with another car and broke his Xray and was forced to retire. Mugen/Novarossi driver Salonen took the lead and controlled the rest of the final easily. Many drivers suffered from flame outs and crashes during the hard 45 minute windy final.

View the final results here

May 16, 2012

JConcepts Summer Tour – Announcement

JConcepts will keep the racing going this summer in Florida with the announcement of the Summer Tour. These 3 standalone events will kick off on June 2nd at FZRC in Sarasota, Florida before a July 7th stop at eXtreme Hobby Zone in Winter Haven, FL and ending on July 28th at Shiverville in High Springs, FL. Come out and race these laid back events to help keep the Summer time blues away. More information can be found on the official event site here.

May 16, 2012

Adam Drake triple at JBRL Nitro Rd2

The 2012 JBRL Nitro Series is in full swing and the second stop on the series took place last weekend at Revelation Raceway with over 200 entries. Many of the world’s best were on hand including the current World Champion Cody King, Ryan Cavalieri, Adam Drake, Mike Truhe, Ryan Maifield, Travis Amezcua, Dylan Rodriguez, Richard Saxton and Steve Hartson. The layout started out smooth and high speed, but by the end of the weekend is was very technical and rough. It was Adam Drake who dominated the event by winning three classes.

Continue reading the report here

May 16, 2012

JJ Wang joins Thunder Power RC

Better known as a gas onroad racer new Thunder Power RC signing JJ Wang is making a name for himself throughout China as one of the rising stars of modified touring car and EP offroad. The 14 year old has launched his EP career with a 4th place finish in the FWD class at this year’s TITC race. Stepping up his game, powered by Thunder Power RC, JJ recently won the EP 4WD Short Course Truck and 2WD Buggy classes at the Horizon Hobby Cup. JJ will run Thunder Power RC Z3R motors and batteries to power his 2012-2013 racing season in China and at various International and US electric/LiPo events. JJ had this to say:

I’m very motivated and excited to join the Thunder Power RC team. I think their products have very high quality and I’m looking forward to using them in the upcoming season.

Source: Thunder Power [thunderpowerrc.com]